News Free school meals extension: What schools need to know Schools told to keep eligibility under ‘continued review’ from 2026, but to avoid ‘sudden loss’ of entitlement mid-year Freddie Whittaker 4w Freddie Whittaker 4w SEND ‘Wholly unsuitable’ EHCPs, long waits for help: SEND inspection failures revealed Ofsted proposes ‘pool of inspectors’ and report cards to improve SEND inspections as shortcomings revealed Jack Dyson 4w Jack Dyson 4w Admissions Exclusive Popular schools should prioritise places for poorer pupils, says charity Teach First calls for pilot that boosts pupil premium funding to motivate schools to be more inclusive Freddie Whittaker 4w Jessie Williams 4w Teacher pay Exclusive Schools risk ‘inadvertently’ breaking minimum wage law Bottom end of unqualified teacher pay scales could fall below legal requirements, legal experts warn Freddie Whittaker 4w Freddie Whittaker 4w Recruitment and retention Exclusive Mums who return to teaching part-time more likely to stay New study reveals how the first 12 months back are crucial for retaining new mums Freddie Whittaker 4w Jessie Williams 4w Pupil premium DfE reviews pupil premium amid free meals extension concerns But the education secretary rejects ‘barefaced lie’ as Tories claim schools could lose £1.5bn Freddie Whittaker 4w Freddie Whittaker 4w School outcomes Co-chairs revealed for white working-class kids inquiry Ex-education secretary joins academy boss in heading inquiry run by Public First (but government didn’t commission it) Schools Week Reporter 4w Schools Week Reporter 4w News ‘Teachers visa’ and agency regulation: 5 ways to improve overseas recruitment Government evaluation found some international recruits were ‘unprepared’ for the behaviour in English schools Freddie Whittaker 4w Freddie Whittaker 4w News Fewer teachers quit and more return: 10 key workforce findings Data suggests recruitment and retention pressures may be easing Jack Dyson 4w Jack Dyson 4w Pupil numbers Pupil numbers fall as system passes demographic tipping-point And for the first time, there are now more academies in England than council-maintained schools Freddie Whittaker 4w Freddie Whittaker 4w News National Institute of Teaching gains degree-awarding powers Move means government’s flagship teacher training provider will award its own PGCE to trainees Freddie Whittaker 4w Jessie Williams 4w News Free school meals extended to all from universal credit households But schools won’t get more pupil premium funding, and some children to lose eligibility as transitional protections end Freddie Whittaker 4w Freddie Whittaker 4w Newer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 982 Older
